Daily Life Depicted in the Cantigas de Santa Maria John Dowland by Mari Lending

by Mari Lending

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Daily Life Depicted in the Cantigas de Santa Maria John Dowland by Mari LendingBy John E. Keller and Anette Grant Cash The hundreds of illuminated miniatures found in the Cantigas de Santa Maria , sponsored by King Alfonso X (1252 84), reveal many vistas of daily life in thirteenth century Spain. No other source provides such an encyclopedic view of all classes of medieval European society, from kings and popes to the lowest peasants. Men and women are seen farming, hunting, on pilgrimage, watching bullfights, in gambling dens,